readx;?? The pace of the final war of the Qin State to destroy Chu is mainly reflected in:

In the twentieth year, Prince Dan of Yan was worried that Qin's ** team would come to Yan, so he panicked and sent Jing Ke to assassinate King Qin. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info records that in that year, 200,000 generals such as Li Xin of Qin attacked Chu State, went deep into the hinterland of Chu State in the southeast direction, attacked Pingyu and Bedhill, and defeated the Chu army, and the front of the troops pointed to Shouchun, the capital of Chu State. However, at this time, Li Xin turned northwest to attack Yingchen in the rear, and continued to advance westward after breaking through Yingchen, while the Chu army followed the Qin army to advance westward, breaking Li Xin's army, and the Qin army was defeated. The Chu army continued to advance westward.

Later generations believed that Yingchen was occupied by the Qin State for a long time, and later scholars Tian Yuqing speculated that the key to Yingchen's rebellion against Qin was Changping Jun, the minister of Qin who lived in Yingchen at that time. Changping Jun rebelled against Qin in the rear of the Qin army as the prince of Chu, and the people of the former Chu land near Yingchen and the people of the former Korea responded, although after Li Xin returned to the army, Yingchen was recaptured by the Qin army for a time, but in the end the Chu army defeated the Qin army. Not only did he recover the lost territory centered on Yingchen, the former capital of Chu State, but also took advantage of the situation to advance westward into the territory of the former Korea. The king of Qin was frightened and had to use Wang Qian.

Later, according to records, Wang Jian invaded the state of Chu with 600,000 people, obtained the south of Yingchen to Pingyu, captured the king of Chu, and the king of Qin went to Yingchen to supervise. Xiang Yan, the general of the state of Chu, established Changping Jun as the king of Chu, and continued to oppose Qin in Huainan.

Qin Jian, the Sleeping Tiger Land, recorded that the Qin State sent a large army to attack the Chu State that year. In April, like Changping Jun, Chang Wenjun, who was also the son of Chu and served in Qin, died.

It is recorded that in the twenty-third year of the reign of King Qin, "Wang Jian and Meng Wu broke the Chu army and killed its general Xiang Yan." "In the twenty-fourth year, Wang Jian and Mengwu broke Chu, and captured their kings. There is no record of Xiang Yan establishing Changping Jun as king.

This is different from the same, but the same. also said: "Liang's father is the Chu general Xiang Yan, who was killed by the Qin general Wang Qian." ”

It is recorded that the Qin army finally defeated the Chu army, Changping Jun died, and Xiang Yan committed suicide. The state of Chu perished.

According to the records, Wang Jian defeated the Chu army in the decisive battle, killed Xiang Yan, and later captured the king of Chu. It is different from the order in which Xiang Yan committed suicide after the capture of the king of Chu.

At this point, there is no doubt that when Xiang Yan died is not the point, but one key point is that Xiang Yan should be in power to the Chu State at that time, and even control the vast majority of the army of the Chu State, if not, I am afraid that the Chu State will not be considered to be without resistance when Xiang Yan, the King of Chu and Chang Wenjun died one after another. And the anti-Qin forces of the Chu people in the Jiangdong region will not quickly transfer to the shadows.

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Li Xin suffered a crushing defeat in the attack on Chu, but Li Xin cannot be completely blamed for the cause and effect:

The Qin State swept through the Six Kingdoms, destroying the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao, and Wei, and defeating the Chu army several times. After Yan Wangxi fled and was destroyed, Qin Wangzheng planned to attack and destroy the Chu State and complete the unification and hegemony. Qin Wangzheng knew that Li Xin was very brave and decisive, and one day he asked Li Xin: "I plan to attack the state of Chu, the general estimates, how many soldiers need to be called up?" Li Xin replied: "At most, there are only 200,000 people." Ying Zheng asked Wang Jian again, and Wang Jian replied: "It must be 600,000 people." Win Zheng said: "General Wang, old man, how cowardly! General Li is really resolute and brave, and Li Xin's words are right." So he sent Li Xin and Meng Wu to lead an army of 200,000 to the south to attack the state of Chu. Because Qin Shi Huang did not adopt his opinion, Wang Jian excused himself from illness and returned to his hometown Pinyang to retire.

In the twenty-second year of the reign of King Qin, Li Xin led an army to attack Pingyu, and Meng Wu led an army to attack Bedhill, defeating the Chu army. Li Xin then took advantage of the victory to conquer Yan Ying, and then led his troops to march westward, to join Meng Wu's father in the city. At that time, Xiang Yan, the general of the Chu State, led the Chu army to take the opportunity to accumulate strength, followed and pursued Li Xin's army, and did not stop for three days and three nights, but defeated Li Xin's army, attacked two military camps, killed seven captains, and Li Xin's army was defeated and fled.

Li Xin's fiasco is inseparable from the rebellion of Chang Wenjun's brothers in Yingchen.

Because after capturing Pingyu and Bedhill, I don't know for what considerations, Chang Wenjun and Chang Pingjun brothers officially rebelled against Qin in Yingchen, and in the case of the back road being cut off, Li Xin had to lead the army to quell the chaos, but Li Xinjun and Mengwujun acted separately, Xiang Yan led the army to follow Li Xinjun, after Li Xinjun defeated the rebels of Chang Wenjun's brothers, Xiang Yanjun covered up from behind, defeated Li Xinjun's troops, forced them to abandon Yingchen, and then reorganized and camped in the rear.

The description of Xiang Yan also corroborates this point: in 225 BC, the Qin general Li Xin led an army of 200,000 to attack the state of Chu, Li Xin attacked Pingyu, and Meng Tian attacked the bed, defeating the Chu army. Li Xin attacked Yingchen again and conquered the city, so he led his army westward to prepare to join Meng Tian's team at the city father. Xiang Yan took the opportunity to follow behind, rested for three days and three nights, defeated Li Xin's army in the counterattack, attacked two camps of the Qin army, and killed seven captains. Li Xin led the remnants to flee back to Qin.

In fact, this speculation is mainly based on one point, because Li Xin and Mengwu divided their troops to attack Chu, and the army under Li Xin was not only only nine commanders, but if it was based on one commander commanding 5,000 people, Li Xin's army probably had less than half of the troops at the time of the disastrous defeat recorded in the history books.

In other words, it is very likely that Li Xin was defeated twice by Xiang Yan, or lost a considerable part of his troops in the counterinsurgency war with Chang Wenjun's brothers.

And after Li Xin was defeated by Xiang Yan again, if it weren't for Meng Wu's timely support with the army, Li Xin's army, which might not even have one out of ten, was likely to be wiped out.

Of course, Li Xin's defeat this time, the First Emperor did not pursue too much, because the rebellion of the Chang Wenjun brothers was actually unexpected.

In the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King Qin, Li Xin followed Wang Ben to capture Liaodong, captured Yan Wangxi, and the Yan Kingdom perished.

In the twenty-sixth year of the reign of King Qin, Wang Ben, the son of Li Xin and Wang Qian, led an army from Yan to the south to attack Qi State, and suddenly attacked the capital Linzi, and no one in the Qi State dared to resist.

From this account, although Li Xin did not suffer cruel treatment, he also lost the opportunity to lead an army to fight.

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Mengwu, in the second year after the failure of the first battle to destroy Chu with Li Xin, in the twenty-third year of Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang appointed Meng Wu as a deputy general and sent Meng Wu to follow the main general Wang Jian to lead an army of 600,000 to attack Chu. The Qin army and the Chu army fought in Qidi, the Qin army defeated the Chu army, and when they pursued to the south of Qidi, they killed Xiang Yan, the general of the Chu ** team, and the Chu army was defeated and fled, and the Qin army took advantage of the victory to seize some towns in the Chu state.

In the twenty-fourth year of Qin Shi Huang, Meng Wu and Wang Jian led an army to attack Chu again, and the Qin army defeated the Chu army, captured the king of Chu, captured the entire territory of Chu, destroyed Chu, and set up Chu counties in Chu.

Judging from these two records, Mengwu was a very important player in the war against Chu. However, his ability may not be as good as Li Xin, although he is a person trusted by the first emperor, but after Li Xin's defeat, Meng Wu is still active on the battlefield of Chu as Wang Qian's deputy general.

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As for Wang Qian, he was the most crucial figure in the battle of Qin to destroy Chu:

In 224 B.C., Qin Wangzheng convened his ministers to discuss the plan to destroy Chu, Wang Jian thought that "it must be 600,000 people", and Li Xin thought that "only 200,000 people" could defeat Chu. Therefore, Wang Jian said that he was sick and resigned from the dynasty and returned to his hometown.

Soon, the Chu army deliberately showed weakness, and fought and retreated, retaining elite troops to raid Li Xin from behind, breaking the strength of two battalions of the Qin army, and killing seven captains of the Qin army, which was one of the rare defeats during the Qin annihilation of the Six Kingdoms. When Qin Wangzheng heard the news, he was furious, and personally took a fast train to Pinyang, and when he saw Wang Jian apologized, he said: "Because I did not adopt your strategy, Li Xin really brought shame on the Qin army. I heard that the Chu army was advancing westward day by day, although the general was sick. Can you bear to abandon me?" Wang Jian said: "The old minister is sick and weak, faint and useless, and hopes that the king will choose another good general. Qin Wangzheng apologized again and said, "Okay, please don't say anything more!" Wang Jian said: "The king must use me, and he must give me 600,000 soldiers." Qin Wangzheng agreed: "Just listen to the general." So Wang Jian ruled